Governing Climate Futures: The Social and Political Ramifications of Climate Modification

鉴于国际气候谈判进展缓慢，一系列操纵气候系统的拟议战略已形成势头。目前的项目统称为“地球工程”，包括设计将太阳光反射出地球的技术，以及直接从大气中去除二氧化碳的技术。尽管这些技术可能被证明是应对全球变暖的一种经济有效的方法，但这些技术的部署将带来重大的社会、政治和外交挑战。该项目将记录地球工程的国际发展，并将为这些发展的更广泛的社会和政治影响提供重要的见解。

In light of the slow progress of international climate negotiations momentum has been developing behind a range of proposed strategies for manipulating climatic systems. Collectively referred to as ‘geoengineering’, current projects include technologies designed to reflect sunlight away from the Earth and techniques for directly removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Though these techniques may prove to be a cost effective response to global warming, the deployment of these technologies will pose significant social, political and diplomatic challenges. This project will document the international development of geoengineering and will provide critical insights into the wider social and political ramifications of these developments.